Diana Cejas: Why aren’t we listening to them?
Diana Cejas, at , shared a post by Mark Lewis on X, adding:
“I was 25 and in med school when I found my neuroendocrine tumor. A lot of my physicians then (and during the 5 years it took to get a diagnosis) thought that I was just anxious.
How many disabled and chronically ill young people have these same stories? Why aren’t we listening to them?”
Quoting Mark Lewis‘s post:
“I was 30 and already a doctor who had finished residency when I suspected I had a germline cancer syndrome. But my physician at the time initially thought I was a hypochondriac.
We need to change our threshold of concern in young patients — age is porous protection indeed.”
Source: Diana Cejas/X and Mark Lewis/X
Mark A. Lewis is the Director of Gastrointestinal Oncology at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, the Co-Chair of adolescent and young adult (AYA) oncology in the SWOG cooperative group and the Vice President of American Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Support. Dr. Lewis is also a well-known patient advocate and social media influencer.